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Subject: Re: I need help with finding a sonar system
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 01:43:53 GMT
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The Poloroid module is a lot harder to 
interface to...Needs transistor swirches
to replace the mechanical trigger...
Also tougher to "read" the range (forgot why tho),
and can't be set to read close echos like the TI 
module.

oopic_developer AT my-deja DOT com wrote:
> 
> In article <398EED8C DOT DF0E8FAA AT flash DOT net>,
>   lamb01 AT flash DOT net wrote:
> > TI used to make a sonar evaluation kit.
> > Had all the electronics on it to drive
> > a polaroid transducer.  I think I may
> > still have a couple them somewhere...
> >
> 
> You can also get a sonar unit from an old Polaroid camera
> http://www.robotprojects.com/sonar/scd.htm
> 
> I would be interested to see how/if it works in water.
> 
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